Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 4 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-05-08 | The stillness of art is violated by its own content. Despite their innate quiet, Maya images and texts shake with noise. They run wild with cries, groans, and grunts; they evoke sonorous speech, song, and prayer. Some occur as glyphic texts, others as marks of vocalization or the physical remnants and portrayals of musical instruments. Silence is itself suppressed by traces of loud sound from the Maya. This is the fourth talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures on our website: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum #TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist - Exhibition Overview with Curator National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-09-29 | Join exhibition curators Catherine Morris (Brooklyn Museum) and Dalila Scruggs (Smithsonian American Art Museum) for an exclusive overview of "Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist" - a groundbreaking exhibition that celebrated one of the 20th century's most influential artist-activists. This presentation was delivered on March 15, 2025.About the Exhibition: This major retrospective (March 9 – July 6, 2025) featured more than 150 works by Elizabeth Catlett, including bold prints, dynamic sculptures, and rarely seen paintings and drawings that showcased her unwavering commitment to social justice.What You'll Learn:- Catlett's journey from Washington, DC to 60 transformative years in Mexico- How she addressed injustices in America and Mexico through her art- Her revolutionary approach to making "art for the people"- The lasting impact of this visionary cultural forceFeatured Speakers: Catherine Morris - Sackler Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum Dalila Scruggs - Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art, Smithsonian American Art MuseumThis exhibition was presented at the National Gallery of Art and ran through July 6, 2025.#ElizabethCatlett #BlackArt #RevolutionaryArt #NationalGallery #ArtExhibition #SocialJusticeArt #AfricanAmericanArt #ArtHistory #Museum #Sculpture #PrintmakingArtImage credit: Elizabeth Catlett, J. K. Fine Art Editions Co., Joseph Kleineman, Maureen Turci, Links Together, 1996, lithograph on wove Arches paper, Purchased as the Gift of Art Information Volunteers in Honor of Dianne Stephens, National Gallery of Art, 2021.63.1Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart X: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
I. The Architecture of “We the People” National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-06-30 | This is the first of four lectures in America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom, the 74th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Mabel O. Wilson of Columbia University.Wilson explores the vision of statesman, architect, and planter Thomas Jefferson in designing Virginia’s new statehouse, a neoclassical building based on a Roman temple to symbolize and enable the power of “the people” to govern. She argues that by analyzing Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia” (1785), which includes an aesthetic and intellectual appraisal of works by enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley and was written during the same period he designed the capitol, we can better understand the complex relationship between democratic ideals and racial difference that shaped the nation’s new civic architecture.Inaugurated in 1949, the Mellon Lectures is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. The series was founded “to bring to the people of the United States the results of the best contemporary thought and scholarship bearing upon the subject of the Fine Arts.” Learn more: nga.gov/research/center/programs/mellon-lecturesStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUSNational Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
IV. The Metropolis of Unfreedom: Washington City National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-06-18 | This is the final of four lectures in America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom, the 74th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Mabel O. Wilson of Columbia University.In the first two decades of Washington City’s establishment, what was life like for free and enslaved Black residents such as domestic Anne Williams, who eventually sued her enslaver for her family’s freedom? Piecing together the tragic story of Williams’s leap from the window of a notorious slave depot, which led to a lifetime of disability, requires traversing the spaces of the capital’s taverns, congressional halls, and city block interiors. This lecture will sift through the ways that Williams’s humanity was exploited by her enslavers, examining how her plight was commandeered by early slavery reformers like physician Jesse Torrey. Williams became a symbol of the evils of the slave trade and the irreconcilability of the free Black population into the nation’s citizenry, which catalyzed the formation of the American Colonization Society in 1816.Inaugurated in 1949, the Mellon Lectures is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. The series was founded “to bring to the people of the United States the results of the best contemporary thought and scholarship bearing upon the subject of the Fine Arts.” Learn more: nga.gov/research/center/programs/mellon-lecturesStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUSNational Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
III. “Wanted at the City of Washington. A number of slaves to labor…” National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-06-18 | This is the third of four lectures in America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom, the 74th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Mabel O. Wilson of Columbia University.Through an exploration of governmental, commercial, and residential buildings constructed along F Street in Capitol Hill, this talk reveals the history of how enslaved and free Black laborers became essential to Washington City’s transformation from a verdant patchwork of plantations to a monumental capital. The story of Peter (last name unknown), a carpenter enslaved by James Hoban, an immigrant Irish architect and builder who designed and supervised the construction of the President’s House (today’s White House), sheds light upon how Hoban and his peers’ hard-fought freedom and wealth depended upon confining Black craftsmen like Peter to conditions of unfreedom.This lecture’s title is taken from an advertisement in the “Maryland Herald and Eastern Shore Intelligencer” (November 11, 1794).Inaugurated in 1949, the Mellon Lectures is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. The series was founded “to bring to the people of the United States the results of the best contemporary thought and scholarship bearing upon the subject of the Fine Arts.” Learn more: nga.gov/research/center/programs/mellon-lecturesStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
II. The Measure of Freedom and Slavery National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-06-18 | This is the second of four lectures in America’s Architecture of Freedom and Unfreedom, the 74th A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts presented by Mabel O. Wilson of Columbia University.This talk follows Andrew Ellicott, a mathematician and surveyor, and his team including free Black surveyor Benjamin Banneker, on their 1791 survey of the boundaries for the new Federal Territory between Virginia and Maryland. If the new territory and its yet to be planned capital, Washington City, functioned as an architectural symbol of unity between the 13 states and their commitment to uphold and protect the tenets of liberty through self-governance, then how did Banneker’s presence on the surveying team represent divergent beliefs around the natural rights of humans, especially the right to freedom?Inaugurated in 1949, the Mellon Lectures is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. The series was founded “to bring to the people of the United States the results of the best contemporary thought and scholarship bearing upon the subject of the Fine Arts.” Learn more: nga.gov/research/center/programs/mellon-lecturesStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUSNational Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
India and the World: East, West, and Coming Full Circle with Mira Nair National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-02-19 | The 2024 Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is presented by filmmaker Mira Nair. Academy Award–nominated director Mira Nair is best known for her groundbreaking films that cross borders of all kinds: Salaam Bombay!, winner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes in 1988; the pioneering Asian African romance Mississippi Masala (1991); Golden Globe and Emmy–winning Hysterical Blindness (2001); and the international hit Monsoon Wedding (2001), which made her the first woman to win the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.. Also known for her literary craftsmanship and adaptations of fiction, Nair has filmed The Namesake (2006), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Vanity Fair (2004), A Suitable Boy (2020), and Queen of Katwe (2016). Her most recent endeavor was directing Monsoon Wedding: the Musical, which opened in New York City in May 2023 and is bound for Broadway. Nair’s next film will be AMRI, an experimental portrait of artist Amrita Sher-Gil.An activist by nature, Nair founded Salaam Baalak Trust for Indian street children in 1988 and the Maisha Film Lab, a free school to train filmmakers in Africa, in 2004. In 2012, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian honor.The Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture Series affords an opportunity for prominent filmmakers to discuss their work and for notable scholars to present perspectives on the history of film as an art form. Dr. Shailendra Vaidya of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and family and friends have generously endowed this series in honor of Rajiv Vaidya, a film devotee and writer who held a degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University.Part of the ongoing Art Films and Special Screenings series.#RajivVaidyaMemorialLecture #MiraNair #NGAfilm #NGAfilmprograms #Vaidya #SalaamBombay #Indianfilm #indiafilms Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
The Immersive in Caravaggio’s Malta National Gallery of Art Talks 2025-01-24 | In his final years, Caravaggio painted “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” (1608) for the altar of a Maltese church. In this talk, Keith Sciberras of the University of Malta dives into Caravaggio’s use of complex spatial relationships and audience immersion, supported by his decades of site experience and archival research.The annual Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art features distinguished scholars presenting innovative research. Learn more: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/freedberg-lecture.html#caravaggio #renaissance #baroque #italy #italianartist #malta #keithsciberras #art #nationalgalleryofart #valetta #malteseart #italianartStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: https://mailchi.mp/nga.gov/signup
Edouard Manet and Émile Zola: A Portrait of Friendship National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-12-20 | An influential painter for the impressionists, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was also a sensitive and serious literature student. Among his friends was the naturalist and novelist Émile Zola. They were kindred spirits, confronting the realities of their times and producing art relevant for the modern age. Learn about how their revolutionary creative sensibility inspired 20th-century artists and writers to come.This was presented by senior lecturer David Gariff in honor of the exhibition Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment on November 3, 2024.Thumbnail images: Edouard Manet, Emile Zola, 1868. Oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay. / Henri Fantin-Latour, Édouard Manet, 1867. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago. Stickney Fund.
The ‘70s Lens: A Conversation with Anthony Hernandez National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-11-20 | Artist Anthony Hernandez discusses 50 years of work with curator Andrea Nelson on October 24, 2024. The conversation celebrates the exhibition The ’70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography (October 2024 – April 2025). Anthony Hernandez (b. 1947, Los Angeles, California) has crafted a richly varied oeuvre, ranging from a distinctive style of black-and-white street photography to color photographs of abstracted details of his surroundings. Much of Hernandez’s work focuses on his native Los Angeles, revealing a unique insight into the people and landscape of the much-pictured city. Hernandez is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), the Rome Prize (1999) and has been named a United States Artists Fellow (2009).
The Impressionist Revolution 1874-1886 National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-11-20 | The Impressionist Revolution 1874-1886This talk explores major artists from the eight impressionist exhibitions in Paris and the pivotal role played by the commercial art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel in spreading their fame. Durand-Ruel purchased over 5,000 impressionist paintings and promoted impressionism by curating multiple exhibits within and outside of France. Senior Lecturer David Gariff discusses the work of Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Eva Gonzales, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and Berthe Morisot. He also highlights Durand-Ruel’s contribution to the movement’s popularity beyond France.#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #ArtHistory #Impressionism #ImpressionistArt #ClaudeMonet #EdgarDegas #DavidGariff
Uncover the Origins of Impressionism: Cézanne, Monet, Degas & More National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-10-04 | How did Impressionism begin? Discover the origins of the French art movement in a new look at the radical 1874 exhibition considered the birth of modern painting. A remarkable presentation of 130 works includes a rare reunion of many of the paintings first featured in that now-legendary exhibition. Revisit beloved paintings by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and meet their lesser-known contemporaries. See the art norms they were rebelling against and learn what political and social shifts sparked their new approach to art.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #impressionism #degas #cezanne #monet#manet#morisot#camille#pissarro#renoir
This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-07-08 | Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith explores performance as a way of knowing in this four-part series. Since 1980, Smith has been interviewing Americans through her project “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” which she developed into a new form of theater. Delivered with segments of performance, these lectures examine this material collected over the course of Smith’s career: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/smith-2024.htmlLecture 1 of 4: “On the Road: A Search for American Character”youtu.be/jhQxG0Znf68Lecture 2 of 4: “This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading”Smith conducts a solo reading from her newest play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic (December 2023).youtu.be/-pXLXAKh_kALecture 3 of 4: “Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits”Featuring photographs by Diana Walker.youtu.be/Ru5zMVVnSSULecture 4 of 4: “Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s”youtu.be/2eYUdk0YLG0 The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. Past lecturers have included art historians, artists, poets, and musicologists: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
On the Road: A Search for American Character National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-07-08 | Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith explores performance as a way of knowing in this four-part series. Since 1980, Smith has been interviewing Americans through her project “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” which she developed into a new form of theater. Delivered with segments of performance, these lectures examine this material collected over the course of Smith’s career: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/smith-2024.html Lecture 1 of 4: “On the Road: A Search for American Character”youtu.be/jhQxG0Znf68Lecture 2 of 4: “This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading”Smith conducts a solo reading from her newest play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic (December 2023).youtu.be/-pXLXAKh_kALecture 3 of 4: “Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits”Featuring photographs by Diana Walker.youtu.be/Ru5zMVVnSSULecture 4 of 4: “Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s”youtu.be/2eYUdk0YLG0The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. Past lecturers have included art historians, artists, poets, and musicologists: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#annadeaveresmith#contemporaryart #mellonlectures#performance #theater #acting #americanart
Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-07-08 | Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith explores performance as a way of knowing in this four-part series. Since 1980, Smith has been interviewing Americans through her project “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” which she developed into a new form of theater. Delivered with segments of performance, these lectures examine this material collected over the course of Smith’s career: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/smith-2024.htmlLecture 1 of 4: “On the Road: A Search for American Character”youtu.be/jhQxG0Znf68Lecture 2 of 4: “This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading”Smith conducts a solo reading from her newest play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic (December 2023).youtu.be/-pXLXAKh_kALecture 3 of 4: “Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits”Featuring photographs by Diana Walker.youtu.be/Ru5zMVVnSSULecture 4 of 4: “Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s”youtu.be/2eYUdk0YLG0 The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. Past lecturers have included art historians, artists, poets, and musicologists: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-07-08 | Award-winning actress, playwright, and professor Anna Deavere Smith explores performance as a way of knowing in this four-part series. Since 1980, Smith has been interviewing Americans through her project “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” which she developed into a new form of theater. Delivered with segments of performance, these lectures examine this material collected over the course of Smith’s career: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/smith-2024.htmlLecture 1 of 4: “On the Road: A Search for American Character”youtu.be/jhQxG0Znf68Lecture 2 of 4: “This Ghost of Slavery: A Solo Reading”Smith conducts a solo reading from her newest play “This Ghost of Slavery,” published in The Atlantic (December 2023).youtu.be/-pXLXAKh_kALecture 3 of 4: “Let Me Down Easy: On the Vulnerability of Our Bodies / The Resilience of Our Spirits”Featuring photographs by Diana Walker.youtu.be/Ru5zMVVnSSULecture 4 of 4: “Me: Shot Out of a Moving Canon—Black, Female, and the 1970s”youtu.be/2eYUdk0YLG0 The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts is the longest-running lecture series at the National Gallery of Art. Past lecturers have included art historians, artists, poets, and musicologists: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Breaking the Frame: In Conversation with Todd Gray National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-05-30 | Todd Gray (b. 1954, lives and works in Los Angeles and Akwidaa, Ghana) is a photo-based artist known for his lush assemblages composed of framed, stacked photographs—with his largest spanning over 30 feet. His imagery ranges from imperial European gardens, West African landscapes, and architecture, to rock icons and self-portraits, all carefully arranged to create critical juxtapositions that examine ideas of African diaspora, colonialism, societal power structures, and dominant cultural beliefs. Gray earned his BFA and MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 1979 and 1989, respectively. Among his many awards and fellowships are the Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship (2016), The Rockefeller Foundation (2016), John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts (2018), and Rome Prize Fellowship, Visual Arts, American Academy in Rome, (2022-23). In this conversation with Kanitra Fletcher, the National Gallery's associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic art, learn about Todd Gray’s multidisciplinary practice and his innovative approach to photography. “Atlantic (Double Dutch)” (2022), an example of Gray’s “photo-sculptures,” is included in the National Gallery’s collection.The Elson Lecture Series features distinguished contemporary artists who are represented in the Gallery's permanent collection. The Honorable and Mrs. Edward E. Elson generously endowed this series in 1992. Find out more about the Elson Lecture Series on our website: nga.gov/audio-video/elson.html Contemporary artists on their work | YouTube seriesStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #photography #sculpture #performance #art #artist #artwork #artworks #performanceart #photographer #photograph #frame #frames #sculptures #losangeles #la #california
Portraits & Perspective: Wendy MacNaughton on Dorothea Lange National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-04-11 | ...
Close Looking | Sol LeWitt, Four-Sided Pyramid (1999) National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-03-07 | Explore Sol LeWitt’s sculpture Four-Sided Pyramid, with prompts to guide your looking, in this video filmed in the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden.The Teaching Complex Thinking through Art video series is part of an edX online course for educators of all levels and subjects, featuring strategies for making connections to artworks, exploring viewpoints with empathy, and uncovering complexities.Want to learn more about our free online course Teaching Complex Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art?Register on edX ►►edx.org/preview/learn/art/the-smithsonian-institution-teaching-complex-thinking-through-art-with-the-national-gallery-of-art Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Teacher Resources and Programs: nga.gov/learn/teachers.html Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryOfArt#Teacher #Educator#Teaching#Students#School#Learning#Onlinecourse#Professionaldevelopment#Edtech#Musetech#Museumed#Museums#Projectzero#Harvard#Hgse#Artfulthinking#Criticalthinking#Artseducation#Sculpture#CloseLooking#Outdooreducation#SlowLooking
Understanding Dorothea Langes Impact on Documentary Photography National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-03-06 | Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography Experimental Documentary Now: Carolyn Drake and Susan Meiselas In conjunction with Dorothea Lange: Seeing People, the National Gallery of Art invited award-winning artists Carolyn Drake and Susan Meiselas for a conversation moderated by Philip Brookman, the National Gallery's consulting curator in the department of photographs. During her long, prolific, and groundbreaking career, the American photographer Dorothea Lange made some of the most iconic portraits of the 20th century. Drake and Meiselas discussed Lange’s work and connections with their own social documentary and portrait photography practice.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Latinx Art and the Intimacy of Dislocation National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-02-08 | Society—including artists, lawmakers, and the media—continues to grapple with a category problem: how to define Latine/a/o/x experience. Changing terms reflect cultural contradictions comprising an archive of visual practices that spans over 50 years. Art historian and poet Roberto Tejada (University of Houston) looks closely at an intergenerational cross section of artists and their work and begins to compare narratives and geographical particulars, encouraging a meta-historical view.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#americanart #latinxart #CeliaAlvarezMunoz #AdrianaCorral #LeonardNadel #AngelLartigue #VeronicaGaona #AlloraandCalzadilla #LuisGispert
The Power of Community and Leadership National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-31 | As part of The Land Carries Our Ancestors symposium, the National Gallery of Art invited artists and museum professionals—heather ahtone, Melissa Melero-Moose, and Elizabeth A. Woody—to share about the impact of their leadership roles in cultural organizations. Shana Bushyhead Condill, executive director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, moderated this conversation.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUSNational Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content:Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryofArt#Community#Leadership#IndigenousArt#heatherahtone#MelissaMeleroMoose#ElizabethAWoody
Impacting Community Through Art and Education National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-31 | As part of The Land Carries Our Ancestors symposium, the National Gallery of Art invited artists—Keith BraveHeart, Sean Chandler, and Gerald Clarke Jr.—whose academic and educational work benefits their communities. Gabrielle A. Tayac, associate professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and founder of the Public History Lab at George Mason University, moderated this conversation.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUSNational Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalksABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTThe National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryOfArt#Education#Community #IndigenousArt#KeithBraveHeart#SeanChandler#GeraldClarkeJr
Joy Harjo and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Explore Art Inspired by the Land National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-31 | As part of The Land Carries Our Ancestors symposium, the National Gallery of Art invited Joy Harjo, the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, curator of The Land Carries Our Ancestors, to discuss the exhibition theme of reverence, study, and concern for the land. Harjo's poem "Once the World Was Perfect" from her 2015 book Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings is featured in The Land Carries Our Ancestors catalog. Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art and exhibition coordinating curator, introduced the conversation. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #nationalgalleryofart #Poetry #landscape #IndigenousArt #JoyHarjo#JauneQuicktoSeeSmith
Exploring Indigenous Perspectives: Sky Hopinkas Cinematic Landscape National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-29 | Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) is an artist, poet, and recent MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” awardee who works with film, video, photography, and text to center personal positions of Indigenous homeland and landscape. Hopinka’s work foregrounds designs of language as containers of culture expressed through personal, documentary, and non-fiction forms of media. For this year’s Annual Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture, Hopinka shared his approach to filmmaking and ways of being in the world by screening and discussing four recent titles. The Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is an annual film program lecture and screening event made possible by the generous support of the Vaidya family. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Film #SkyHopinka #IndigenousFilm #MediaArt #Hopinka #CousinCollective #MacArthurGenius #landscape #indigenous
Poetry is a Country: Ilya Kaminsky on Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man II National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-25 | As part of our “Poetry is a country” festival the National Gallery of Art’s Wilmerding Symposium invited celebrated American poets to compose something new inspired by art in our collection. Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing at Princeton University, responds to Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture Walking Man II.
Sofonisba Anguissola: Recent Discoveries and Debates National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-17 | Until recently, the painter Sofonisba Anguissola was barely known to most audiences. Now, after multiple recent exhibitions, she is increasingly recognized as one of the major figures of the later Italian Renaissance. Nevertheless, much about her identity and production as an artist remains elusive. This talk, presented by Michael Cole of Columbia University, considers how the study of Sofonisba’s work points to a sometimes troubled relationship between the history of women artists and the old art-historical practice of assigning authors to paintings. It also addresses several of the most recent questions and controversies surrounding her work. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #art #nationalgalleryofart #Freedberg#italianartist#italianart #womenartists#renaissance #italy #SofonisbaAnguissola#michaelcole #columbiauniversity#controversy
Unveiling Contemporary Artist Ann Hamiltons 30-Year Odyssey National Gallery of Art Talks 2024-01-09 | Ann Hamilton presented a lecture on her nearly 30-year career as part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series at the National Gallery of Art on September 16, 2011. Hamilton has made multimedia installations with stunning qualities and quantities of materials: a room lined with small canvas dummies, a table spread with human and animal teeth, the artist herself wearing a man's suit covered in a layer of thousands of toothpicks. Along the way, she has constantly set and reset the course of contemporary art. Often using sound, found objects, and the spoken and written word, as well as photography and video, her objects and environments invite us to embark on sensory and metaphorical explorations of time, language, and memory. Textiles and fabric have consistently played an important role in her performances and installations—whether she is considering clothing as a membrane or (more recently) treating architecture itself as a kind of skin. The National Gallery of Art owns 15 works by the artist, including photographs, prints, sculptures, and a video installation.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #art #nationalgalleryofart #annhamilton #diamonsteinSpielvogel #multimeida #contemporaryart #foundobjects#sculpture #performanceart
Exhibition Overview: Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-12-15 | Joy, despair, ecstasy, tragedy: these are some of the themes that Mark Rothko sought to express in his luminous art. Rothko is renowned for his towering abstract paintings on canvas, but few people know that he also created nearly 1,000 paintings on paper over the course of his career. He viewed many of these as finished paintings in their own right—not simply preliminary studies intended for his own eyes. These remarkable works challenge our expectations about what “counts” as painting, as well as popular ideas about Rothko and his career. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #markrothko #rothko #exhibitionOverview #paintings #paintingsOnPaper
Mark Rothko: Insights from Arne Glimcher and the Rothko Family National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-12-15 | To celebrate the exhibition opening of Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, the National Gallery of Art hosted a conversation about Mark Rothko’s life and work with three people who have contributed significantly to the public accessibility and understanding of his art: Rothko’s children, Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko, and gallerist Arne Glimcher. Adam Greenhalgh, associate curator at the National Gallery and curator of Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper, moderated.Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #markrothko #rothko#conversation #rothkoFamily
Conversations with Artists: G. Daniel Massad with Eric Denker National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-10-26 | Dan Massad is one of the finest pastel artists working today. His pastels are noteworthy not only for their refined technique but also for their multivalent references. Eric Denker, senior lecturer in the education division, interviews the artist on his work and pastel techniques, in conjunction with the exhibition The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art which features Massad’s pastel Breach (2009).
Poetry is a Country: Naomi Shihab Nye on Max Beckmann’s Falling Man National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-10-24 | As part of our “Poetry is a country” festival the National Gallery of Art's Wilmerding Symposium invited celebrated American poets to compose something new inspired by art in our collection. Naomi Shihab Nye, essayist, educator, and professor of creative writing at Texas State University, responds to Max Beckmann’s "Falling Man."#art #nationalgalleryofart #poetry #poem #NaomiShihabNye#Beckmann#FallingMan
Poetry is a Country: Jorie Graham on Edouard Vuillard’s Repast in a Garden National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-10-24 | As part of our “Poetry is a country” festival the National Gallery of Art's Wilmerding Symposium invited celebrated American poets to compose something new inspired by art in our collection. Jorie Graham, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, responds to Edouard Vuillard’s "Repast in a Garden."#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #poet #poem #Vuillard #RepastInAGarden #JorieGraham
Poetry is a Country: Keynote Address: Ada Limón on Andy Goldsworthys Roof National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-10-24 | As part of our “Poetry is a country” festival the National Gallery of Art's Wilmerding Symposium invited celebrated American poets to compose something new inspired by art in our collection. U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s poem responds to Andy Goldsworthy’s installation "Roof."#art #nationalgalleryofart #poetry #poem #AdaLimón #Goldsworthy#Roof
Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 6 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-05-22 | Most kingdoms and states are lacking in laughter. To poke fun at authority is to question its power and to undermine potential obedience. Yet the ancient Maya rejoiced in ridicule, if enigmatically: a belly laugh may be panhuman but not what prompted it. Hieroglyphs and images affirm that ancient Maya humor was filled with near-folkloric tales, showing what needed—and still needs—to be probed and deflated. This is the final talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures on our website: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum #TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 5 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-05-15 | We live in a world of constant movement, from daily walks to mass migrations. Our evolving sense of self arises from that motion, and the ancient Maya were no different. They created many arrested scenes, captured mid-stride but implying journeys short and long. Hieroglyphs described that flux, focusing on horizontal and vertical paths that, in mythic and cosmic form, gave pattern, meaning, and certainty to human acts. This is the fifth talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures on our website: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum #TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 3 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-05-01 | Making something large or small confers practical and symbolic benefits. It enhances or reduces visibility; it makes grand or modest assertions about an image, text, or object; and it instates or undermines social privilege. Scale and size are useful for controlling such properties and the people they affect. Recently interpreted texts and images explain how the Maya used size and scale in small god effigies, towering monoliths, petite containers, and varying mortuary monuments. This is the third talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures on our website: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum#TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 2 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-04-24 | The Maya provide strong evidence for who made texts and images, and by what means. Decipherments identify calligraphers and carvers; close study of paintings and sculptures illustrates principles of design and shows how these concepts were put into practice. The result: a virtuosic blend of individual choices and ideas held in common, expressed in breathtaking works that reveal the intent of their makers.This is the second talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts.Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures on our website: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.htmlStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum#TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Stephen D. Houston on Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing, Part 1 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-04-17 | What is alive or not, socially interactive or inert, may seem clear. It is not. The ancient Maya created images bursting with social energy and a kind of writing crackling with life. Maya writing is among the few known hieroglyphic systems, a type of script where vitality looms large. In ways both solemn and fun, glyphs touch on wider debates about the nature of matter, representation, and figuration, and how, in past belief, things made by humans possessed a miraculous capacity for action. This is the first talk of the six-part series “Vital Signs: The Visual Cultures of Maya Writing,” presented by Stephen D. Houston of Brown University for the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Part 1: youtube.com/live/Fn7i3DanIeEPart 2: youtube.com/live/V-HX6lnJJ5YPart 3: youtube.com/live/ugbzybYT2ckPart 4: youtu.be/DS29gFnxdwwPart 5: youtube.com/live/2zixZZ2ehz0Part 6: youtube.com/live/XOO8m_g31pELearn more about the Mellon Lectures: nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts/houston-2023.html 00:11 Introduction04:27 Lecture beginsStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum#TheCenter #CASVA #MellonLectures #StephenHouston #Maya #AncientArt #Anthropology #Archaeology #AncientMesoamerica
Artists on Philip Guston: Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Walter Price, and Devin Troy Strother National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-04-14 | Artists Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Walter Price, and Devin Troy Strother discuss their connections with Philip Guston’s art and methodology through a range of mediums; the tension between figuration and abstraction; and direct engagement with his imagery and legacy. Moderated by Paige Rozanski, “Philip Guston Now” exhibition curatorial team and curatorial associate for modern and contemporary art, National Gallery of Art. “Philip Guston Now,” on view March 2–August 27, 2023: nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/philip-guston-now.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
Christina Fernandez on Making Invisible Labor Visible National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-04-12 | Christina Fernandez, a Los Angeles–based artist, has spent over three decades conducting rich explorations of migration, labor, gender, her Mexican American identity, and the capacities of photography itself. Fernandez earned her BA at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1989 and her MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 1996. She serves as associate professor and co-chair of the photography department at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, where she has been on faculty since 2001. In 2021, Fernandez was one of the first artists honored with the prestigious Latinx Artist Fellowship, an initiative of the US Latinx Art Forum. Fernandez’s “Bend” (1999-2000, 2020) and the “Lavanderia” (2002-2003) series are included in the National Gallery’s collection.The Elson Lecture Series features distinguished contemporary artists who are represented in the Gallery's permanent collection. The Honorable and Mrs. Edward E. Elson generously endowed this series in 1992.Find out more about the Elson Lecture Series on our website: nga.gov/audio-video/elson.htmlStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryOfArt#Photography #Photo#Artist#Teacher#Educator#Photographer#Photograph#ChristinaFernandez#Elson
Exhibition Overview: Philip Guston: The Capacity of Painting National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-24 | The exhibition “Philip Guston Now” charts the 50-year career of one of America’s most influential modern artists through more than 150 paintings and drawings. Guston’s story is one of epic change—of artistic styles, from muralism to abstract expressionism to figuration, of degrees of political and social involvement, and of levels of personal confession in his work. Renowned in his time and in ours, Guston’s work continues to resonate, attract, and provoke, raising crucial questions about the relationship of art to beauty and brutality, freedom and doubt, politics and the imagination. Philip Guston Now, on view March 2–August 18, 2023: nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/philip-guston-now.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Painting #Painter #PhilipGuston #Guston #AbstractArt #FigurativeArt #Abstract #PhilipGustonNow #Artist
Lorna Simpson on Memory and Representation National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-17 | Lorna Simpson, artist. Born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, Lorna Simpson earned her BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 1983, and her MFA from the University of California, San Diego, in 1985. She first gained recognition in the mid-1980s for her large photograph-and-text works that confront and challenge, conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history, and memory. With unidentified figures as a visual point of departure, Simpson uses the human form to examine the ways in which gender and culture shape the interactions, relationships, and experiences of contemporary American lives. On September 10, 2016, Simpson delivers the inaugural presentation of the Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography held at the National Gallery of Art. Her work is represented in the Gallery’s collection by Two Pairs, a photogravure published by Graphicstudio, U. S. F., and Untitled (Two Necklines), two gelatin silver prints and 11 engraved plastic plaques. Untitled (Two Necklines) is on view in the exhibition Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art through January 2, 2017.
Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh on Collaboration, Generosity, and Infinite Patience National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-17 | Teju Cole, artist, curator, novelist, photography critic for New York Times Magazine (2015–2019), and Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing, Harvard University, in conversation with Fazal Sheikh, artist and Artist-in-Residence at the Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton UniversityTeju Cole was born in the United States in 1975. The son of Nigerian parents, he was raised in Lagos. He returned to the US to complete a BA at Kalamazoo College in Michigan followed by studies in art history at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London as well as at Columbia University. Cole’s work examines race, gender, migration, culture, and privilege. Born in New York City in 1965, Fazal Sheikh earned his BA from Princeton University in 1987 and has since worked as a photographer documenting the lives of individuals in displaced and marginalized communities. Upon witnessing an increase in xenophobia and authoritarian politics on a global scale, Sheikh turned to Cole for a collaboration that would reinforce their commitment to a compassionate global community and to the importance of individual courage. Through Cole’s words and Sheikh’s photos in the resulting book, Human Archipelago (Steidl, 2018), we are confronted with fundamental and pressing questions of coexistence. Their work asks us to consider, “Who is my neighbor? Who is kin to me?”In 2020 Cole and Sheikh created a free, online version of Human Archipelago. Amidst a devastating pandemic and uprisings against racial injustice, its questions are more relevant than ever. In this conversation, recorded on January 19, 2021, Cole and Sheikh discuss their collaborative efforts “to find a new way of speaking to the startling reappearance of some very old problems.”
Sunil Gupta on Community and Activism National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-17 | Sunil Gupta, photographer, curator, writer, and activist has maintained a visionary approach to photography, producing bodies of work with keen social and political commentary. Gupta’s diasporic experience of multiple cultures informs a practice dedicated to themes of race, migration, and queer identity. His photographic projects—born from a desire to see himself and others like him represented in art history—draw upon his own life as a point of departure.The Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography provides a forum for leading photographers, primarily known for portraits, to discuss contemporary issues in the medium. Arnold Newman (1918–2006) is acknowledged as one of the great masters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries whose work changed portraiture. The Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation generously supported this series to make such conversations available to the public.This Is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s, on view January 29–June 11, 2023: nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/this-is-britain-photos.htmlFind out more about the Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography on our website: nga.gov/calendar/lectures/arnold-newman-photo.htmlStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryOfArt#Photography #Photo#Artist#Activist#Activism#Photographer#Portrait#Portraiture#Writer
Dawoud Bey on American History and Seeing Deeply National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-17 | Dawoud Bey, artist. Dawoud Bey, born in 1953, has portrayed Americans from marginalized groups with remarkable sensitivity and complexity throughout his 40-year career. When he was eleven, Bey was shocked to see a picture of a young survivor of the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young black girls died in the church and two African American boys were murdered in related violence later that day. Decades later for The Birmingham Project, Bey created sixteen pairs of life-size portraits of present-day residents of Birmingham: one of a young person the same age as a victim in 1963 and another of an adult fifty years older, the child’s age had she or he survived. Representing these unwitting icons of the civil rights movement with ordinary people, the diptychs connect generations and, as Bey explained, make the children “real, tangible. These girls are an abstraction to people — the mythic four girls—we lose sight of their humanity.” On December 16, 2018, as part of the Arnold Newman Lecture Series on Photography at the National Gallery of Art, Bey discusses his artistic practice and celebrates the publication of his monograph, Seeing Deeply. His work is represented in the Gallery’s collection by four inkjet print diptychs and the video, 9.15.63, which are on view in the exhibition Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project through March 24, 2019.
Philip Guston Now exhibition catalogue National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-03-01 | Get your copy today: shop.nga.gov/philip-guston-now-softcoverccompanying the National Gallery of Art exhibition Philip Guston Now, this fully illustrated catalog presents a sweeping retrospective of Philip Guston’s influential work, from Depression-era muralist to abstract expressionist to tragicomic contemporary master.Philip Guston―perhaps more than any other figure in recent memory―has given contemporary artists permission to break the rules and paint what, and how, they want. His winding career, embrace of “high” and “low” sources, and constant aesthetic reinvention defy easy categorization, and his 1968 figurative turn is by now one of modern art’s most legendary conversion narratives. “I was feeling split, schizophrenic. The war, what was happening in America, the brutality of the world. What kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines, going into a frustrated fury about everything―and then going into my studio to adjust a red to a blue?”And so Guston’s sensitive abstractions gave way to large, cartoonlike canvases populated by lumpy, sometimes tortured figures and mysterious personal symbols in a palette of juicy pinks, acid greens, and cool blues. That Guston continued mining this vein for the rest of his life―despite initial bewilderment from his peers―reinforced his reputation as an artist’s artist and a model of integrity; since his death 50 years ago, he has become hugely influential as contemporary art has followed Guston into its own antic twists and turns.Published to accompany the first retrospective museum exhibition of Guston’s career in over 15 years, Philip Guston Now includes a lead essay by Harry Cooper surveying Guston's life and work, and a definitive chronology reflecting many new discoveries. It also highlights the voices of artists of our day who have been inspired by the full range of his work: Tacita Dean, Peter Fischli, Trenton Doyle Hancock, William Kentridge, Glenn Ligon, David Reed, Dana Schutz, Amy Sillman, Art Spiegelman and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Thematic essays by co-curators Mark Godfrey, Alison de Lima Greene and Kate Nesin trace the influences, interests and evolution of this singular force in modern and contemporary art―including several perspectives on the 1960s and ’70s, when Guston gradually abandoned abstraction, returning to the figure and to current history but with a personal voice, by turns comic and apocalyptic, that resonates today more than ever.Hardcover edition published in association D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 280 pages, 278 illustrationsMajor support for the international tour of the exhibition and the catalog is provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.The exhibition “Philip Guston Now” is on view at the National Gallery of Art from March 2 to August 27, 2023. Plan your visit: nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/philip-guston-now.html Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #PhilipGuston #PhilipGustonNow #Painting #KluKluxKlan #RedSquad #Jewish #Holocaust #Violance #Painting
David Gariff on the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Part 2 National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-02-06 | In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this lecture examines art and photography created during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (from the end of the 19th century to 1922). The Antarctic expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, and Douglas Mawson were the equivalent of NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Antarctica was the last place on earth to be discovered and explored. It was, to many, like going to the moon—and, indeed, photographs of the polar landscape resemble images of the lunar surface. Today, locations on the moon attest to the continuing link between the heroic accomplishments of Antarctic explorers and lunar astronauts. “Shackleton,” named after the Antarctic explorer, is an impact crater at the south pole of the moon. And NASA is now working to send American astronauts to the lunar south pole, a place no human has ever gone before. Artists and photographers, most notably Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley, accompanied the various Antarctic expeditions. These artist-explorers made photographs, films, paintings, and drawings that reveal the triumphs and tragedies of first attempts to reach the South Pole. In Part I of this lecture, presented on November 19, 2019, senior lecturer David Gariff explores the artists and photographers who visually documented the Antarctic continent during this heroic age of 20th-century exploration. Find out more about the National Gallery on our website: nga.govStill haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofartTwitter: twitter.com/ngadcInstagram: instagram.com/ngadcPinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_createdE-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475#Art#NationalGalleryofArt#DavidGariff#HeroicAgeOfAntarcticExploration #Antarctic #Expeditions#RobertFalconScott#RoaldAmundsen#ErnestShackleton#DouglasMawson#NASAMercury#Gemini#Apollo
Art and Preservation: Jeff Koons and Anna Deavere Smith National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-01-20 | Artist Jeff Koons and actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith chat with Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, about storytelling and how artists use their work to present narrative in various ways. The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies is the leading non-profit organization dedicated to providing permanent works of American art for U.S. embassies worldwide, through site-specific commissions, original print and photography collections, preservation projects and other arts initiatives. For over twenty-five years, FAPE has contributed to the U.S. Department of State’s mission of cultural diplomacy by partnering with American artists whose works encourage cross-cultural understanding within the diplomatic community and the international public. All artworks commissioned or placed by FAPE are gifts, representing generosity and patriotism among some of the United States’ greatest artists and donors. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #JeffKoons #AnnaDeavereSmith #FAPE #DarrenWalker #Preservation #Embassies #USDepartmentOfState #Commissions #CulturalDiplomacy #SiteSpecific #CrossCultural #AmericanArt #ArtWorks #Patriotism #FoundationForArtAndPreservationInEmbassies
Gina Marchetti on Women Directors in Contemporary Chinese Cinema National Gallery of Art Talks 2023-01-13 | Gina Marchetti explores how contemporary female directors in Chinese-language cinema visualize the evolving role of women across transnational Chinese societies while critiquing “the male glance.” A renowned scholar and author, Marchetti shares how these directors build stories around women whose lives revolve around catching a glimpse of men wielding oversized influence on their survival. The accompanying screening of Yang Mingming’s Girls Always Happy (2018) provides a telling example of the interplay between the male glance and the female glimpse in contemporary cinema from mainland China.vimeo.com/ondemand/girlsalwayshappyThe Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture Series affords an opportunity for prominent filmmakers to discuss their work and for notable scholars to present perspectives on the history of film as an art form. Dr. Shailendra Vaidya of Chester County, Pennsylvania, and family and friends, have generously endowed this series in honor of Rajiv Vaidya, a film devotee and writer who held a degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University. Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art Talks ►►youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: instagram.com/ngadc Pinterest: pinterest.com/ngadc/_created E-News: nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475 #ContempraryChineseCinema #ChineseCinema #Cinema #Art #NationalGalleryOfArt #Museum #RanjivVaidya #Film #Filmmakers #ShailendraVaidya #MemorialLecture #Female
